After I checked out your Post history and after I was pointed to your journal, I became really interested as to why you're so obsessed with garcia. Too many trolls lately obsessed over garcia. Let it drop! Back on topic, please.
We would *love* for our customers to upload their own ringtones...but the "INDUSTRY" won't let us!
What bullshit!
It's not bullshit. Danger's hiptop in some markets allow for the creation and importing of your own ringtones. T-Mobile wanted this feature removed from the OS so they could charge people for ringtones. I agree, that it's "bullshit" in that sense, but don't blame Danger for it. This is T-Mobile milking the cow. What he means by "industry" is the phone service provider industry, not the phone manufacturer industry.
You'll want to keep in mind that what you're talking about is T-Mobile's doing, and has little to do with Danger. The celebrity party they talked about in the article, only 4 Danger employees were present (iirc they had a drawing for one or two of them!). T-Mobile also gives away Sidekicks to rap artists, and they eventually show up in videos - from what I understand there is no formal product placement by T-Mobile other than placing them into celebrities hands. Danger does not do too much in terms of directly marketing the product to end users, it's the providers that do the marketing.
The problem with these all-in-one devices is that the ALWAYs, ALWAYs end up doing everything horribly.
That's not the case with the hiptop. Danger has picked and chosen what features to have and what features are out of scope for the device. As many people request features such as bluetooth, mp3 players, javascript in the browser, video recording, etc., Danger has stuck to what works well for the device and kept out most of the stuff that wouldn't work out. The AIM client is the best portable AIM client I've ever used, and I can say the same thing about the e-mail client. For what it is, the web browser is great, and the PIM functionailty suits my needs perfectly. If you want something that also plays MP3s, get an iPod. If you want an awesome phone with MMS, look at Nokia. For what I use most, the hiptop delivers. I formally disagree with you when you say they all-in-one devices always end up doing everything horribly.
Do you honestly think Yahoo would give up that easly? C'mon now. Do you think it would be cost-prohibitive to just shut down their french content? Why not try to figure out how we can diplomatically resolve this issue? I'm amazed the parent was modded to a 4.
I'm personally interested in how this all shakes out with conflicting "freedom" laws.
NetRatings, based in New York and Milpitas, Calif., used a panel of 50,000 participants selected through calls to randomly generated phone numbers. Each participating household provides a profile of the users in the home, and a device connected to each Internet-linked PC in the home logs where those users go on the Internet. Users have to log in to identify themselves when they start using the computer, Ryan said.
With that said, is it safe to assume that the people that agreed to do this would be generally more savvy than generic dialup population? Is it also safe to assume that people with broadband are generally more interested in the Internet and computers than their dialup counterparts? (and possibly therefore more likely to participate when they got that "random" call?) Granted there's huge cross-over, I may be over-generalizing, and the assumption doesn't accomidate to users that have "no other choice" than dialup, but how accurate could this possibly be?
I hope they've improved these points, however with the device being made by Audiovox/Curitel I'm not expecting much.
They are improving those points, and the device is being made by Sharp Electronics. The new device, from what I hear, feels much more sturdy and rugged than the previous models.
The RF is improved, but from what I know it's not excellent.
Hrum, someone that writes for a linux publication probably will give a very balanced opinion on this subject. No, they'll probably just provide troll food. Heh. I mod this article -1 TROLL FOOD
Have you ever driven through a Native American reservation? If we're compensating them, where did we go wrong? Seems like we sent some people into the top 5% tax bracket and left the rest of the tribes in the lowest levels of poverty. Not as nasty as killing their ancestors and forcing them into the worst parts of the country, but it's still pretty bad.
However, in a terrible privacy decision, the court said video monitoring of the computers and patrons was a-ok.
How is this different from video monitoring ATMs, Banks, Gas Stations and the like? I don't think this is a terrible privacy decision at all! You have the right to go where you want to go and when, and if you want to not be monitored using the Internet, go somewhere else... perhaps in the privacy of your own home. I'm sure there are other cafes that don't have cameras all about...
I don't think this is far fetched: WMA on iPods. If there's WMA on iPods, then there's WMA in iTunes. If there's WMA in iTunes, then there's WMA in QuickTime.
Maybe HP will go off on their own branch... but maybe not... just a thought.
This is the first time that I've really been bothered by a Windows worm or virus. All servers here are FreeBSD and OS X, and everyone's primary workstation (41 employees) is running OS X 10.2.6 or OS 9.2.2.
I used to laugh when all the M$ weenies had problems... but now it's a real problem when I get users here going bonkers about 50 e-mails from 20 people... and me having to go around blocking mail servers...
...and let me guess: So you can make a beowulf cluster of them?...and to comment on a couple of your points (heheh) 1. Unlimited Data plan (not.02/kb) and 2. it does include the tilde. We'll have to wait for the release of the version that includes pipe, though.;-)
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After I checked out your Post history and after I was pointed to your journal, I became really interested as to why you're so obsessed with garcia. Too many trolls lately obsessed over garcia. Let it drop! Back on topic, please.
It's not us! It's the "INDUSTRY"!
We would *love* for our customers to upload their own ringtones...but the "INDUSTRY" won't let us!
What bullshit!
It's not bullshit. Danger's hiptop in some markets allow for the creation and importing of your own ringtones. T-Mobile wanted this feature removed from the OS so they could charge people for ringtones. I agree, that it's "bullshit" in that sense, but don't blame Danger for it. This is T-Mobile milking the cow. What he means by "industry" is the phone service provider industry, not the phone manufacturer industry.
-Aaron
You'll want to keep in mind that what you're talking about is T-Mobile's doing, and has little to do with Danger. The celebrity party they talked about in the article, only 4 Danger employees were present (iirc they had a drawing for one or two of them!). T-Mobile also gives away Sidekicks to rap artists, and they eventually show up in videos - from what I understand there is no formal product placement by T-Mobile other than placing them into celebrities hands. Danger does not do too much in terms of directly marketing the product to end users, it's the providers that do the marketing.
-Aaron
To answer your concern, Danger has decided to switch who's building their hardware and they've chosen Sharp.
Here's a Press Release about it.
-Aaron
The problem with these all-in-one devices is that the ALWAYs, ALWAYs end up doing everything horribly.
That's not the case with the hiptop. Danger has picked and chosen what features to have and what features are out of scope for the device. As many people request features such as bluetooth, mp3 players, javascript in the browser, video recording, etc., Danger has stuck to what works well for the device and kept out most of the stuff that wouldn't work out. The AIM client is the best portable AIM client I've ever used, and I can say the same thing about the e-mail client. For what it is, the web browser is great, and the PIM functionailty suits my needs perfectly. If you want something that also plays MP3s, get an iPod. If you want an awesome phone with MMS, look at Nokia. For what I use most, the hiptop delivers. I formally disagree with you when you say they all-in-one devices always end up doing everything horribly.
-Aaron
A bit more readable:
MIRROR.
Ignore the url. It's honestly a mirror. I promise.
-Aaron
...or is it WOMEN who don't like math, science, and engineering?
This should prove to our readers (in response to some of the above posts) that there indeed is some serious gender bias out there. How depressing.
-Aaron
With no French website and no local business units there would be no issue
Why not just respect France's anti-Nazi law whilst doing business with the French?
-Aaron
Do you honestly think Yahoo would give up that easly? C'mon now. Do you think it would be cost-prohibitive to just shut down their french content? Why not try to figure out how we can diplomatically resolve this issue? I'm amazed the parent was modded to a 4.
I'm personally interested in how this all shakes out with conflicting "freedom" laws.
-Aaron
NetRatings, based in New York and Milpitas, Calif., used a panel of 50,000 participants selected through calls to randomly generated phone numbers. Each participating household provides a profile of the users in the home, and a device connected to each Internet-linked PC in the home logs where those users go on the Internet. Users have to log in to identify themselves when they start using the computer, Ryan said.
With that said, is it safe to assume that the people that agreed to do this would be generally more savvy than generic dialup population? Is it also safe to assume that people with broadband are generally more interested in the Internet and computers than their dialup counterparts? (and possibly therefore more likely to participate when they got that "random" call?) Granted there's huge cross-over, I may be over-generalizing, and the assumption doesn't accomidate to users that have "no other choice" than dialup, but how accurate could this possibly be?
-Aaron
Press Release from Motorola
Yes, I understand that might be considered karma whoring, but at least it's informative. Enjoy.
-s4xton
I hope they've improved these points, however with the device being made by Audiovox/Curitel I'm not expecting much.
They are improving those points, and the device is being made by Sharp Electronics. The new device, from what I hear, feels much more sturdy and rugged than the previous models.
The RF is improved, but from what I know it's not excellent.
Cheers,
-s4xton
It's Ironic. Sharp will be manufacturing the new Hiptops. Not sure if I'm breaking NDA or not...
Also a mirror here:
http://www.bloogue.net/images/blog/sidekick2/
-Aaron
Hrum, someone that writes for a linux publication probably will give a very balanced opinion on this subject. No, they'll probably just provide troll food. Heh. I mod this article -1 TROLL FOOD
Avoiding the flash...Check out this related article at Sci Fi Wire: Atlantis Forges Own Identity and another at the Florida Sun-Sentinel: Stargate SG-1 spinoff tinkers with the tale of the lost continent in a planet far, far away.
This doesn't look very promising, imho.
-s4xton
I can't agree more - good point.
Count me in.... although I have grown to like the TuneDoc from Belkin that I use in my 2004 MINI using the aux input in the glove box.
This configuration is compatible with the iPod dock if you want to put it in your glove box.
I thought he just stole all the sounds from the Atari 2600 "Missile Command" game cartridge.
Have you ever driven through a Native American reservation? If we're compensating them, where did we go wrong? Seems like we sent some people into the top 5% tax bracket and left the rest of the tribes in the lowest levels of poverty. Not as nasty as killing their ancestors and forcing them into the worst parts of the country, but it's still pretty bad.
-Aaron
However, in a terrible privacy decision, the court said video monitoring of the computers and patrons was a-ok.
How is this different from video monitoring ATMs, Banks, Gas Stations and the like? I don't think this is a terrible privacy decision at all! You have the right to go where you want to go and when, and if you want to not be monitored using the Internet, go somewhere else... perhaps in the privacy of your own home. I'm sure there are other cafes that don't have cameras all about...
I don't think this is far fetched: WMA on iPods. If there's WMA on iPods, then there's WMA in iTunes. If there's WMA in iTunes, then there's WMA in QuickTime.
Maybe HP will go off on their own branch... but maybe not... just a thought.
-Aaron
This is the first time that I've really been bothered by a Windows worm or virus. All servers here are FreeBSD and OS X, and everyone's primary workstation (41 employees) is running OS X 10.2.6 or OS 9.2.2.
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I used to laugh when all the M$ weenies had problems... but now it's a real problem when I get users here going bonkers about 50 e-mails from 20 people... and me having to go around blocking mail servers...
Here are some other articles around about it:
C-Net
BBC
Okay, I'm done ranting. Thanks
...and let me guess: So you can make a beowulf cluster of them? ...and to comment on a couple of your points (heheh) 1. Unlimited Data plan (not .02/kb) and 2. it does include the tilde. We'll have to wait for the release of the version that includes pipe, though. ;-)
Funny post... but c'mon, give it at least a 3.5!